Jerry Sandusky

For someone who grew up watching Howard White, Randy White and Lefty Driesell compete in the ACC, seeing the University of Maryland leave the conference for the Big Ten is illogical if not blasphemous. But realignment scoffs at tradition, projected television revenue turns heads and we move on. The Terps were charter members of the ACC and the only league school to win national championships in football (1953) and men’s basketball (2002). Their Olympic sports are first-rate and suburban D.C. setting ideal. But university president Wallace Loh, who served as provost at Big Ten member Iowa and earned his doctorate from Big Ten stalwart Michigan, believes the move will solve...

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